Late yesterday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a one year delay in implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“Act”) employer mandate and penalties until 2015.  The decision was announced  via…

Guy C. Hall and M. Neal Smith, Jr. authored “Could Your Township Benefit From the Work of a Committee?” which was included in the July/August 2013 issue of Township Perspective…

“Using Social Network Screening as Part of the Hiring Process: Employers Should Proceed with Caution,” written by partner Frank B. Garrett III was published in the June 2013 issue of Inquiry and Analysis,…

For the fourth consecutive year, Robbins Schwartz was named as one of the 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago. The National Association for Business Resources (NABR)…

Guy C. Hall has been reappointed to the Illinois State Bar Association, Health Care Section Council. He previously served the Section Council in several capacities, including Chairman. The Health Care…

Robbins Schwartz is pleased to announce our newest associate. Heeral A. Patel joins our Chicago office where she will concentrate her practice in the area of education law with a…

In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found that a right to continued employment following completion of a probationary period cannot be inferred from silence in an…

On May 13, 2013, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) issued a binding opinion that the use of secret ballots by public bodies violates the Illinois Open Meetings…

In Badsen v. Professional Transportation, Inc, (May 8, 2013). the Seventh Circuit ruled that the District Court correctly concluded that plaintiff, Badsen’s, discharge was not disability discrimination, even though the employer,…

On May 7, 2013, the New York Appellate Court ruled that the lower court had correctly reversed the discharge of a tenured teacher, Ms. Rubino, who had an otherwise unblemished…